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09-08-2007, 03:41 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandan
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|  Volkswagen Beetle
i was lookin at this http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXRXV3&P=7 and i thought to my self "that would make one weird scale rock climber/trail buster" so im wondering, is it possible? |
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09-08-2007, 03:47 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Grand Rapids
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any thing is possible, you just have to put a lot of work into it some times.
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09-08-2007, 04:49 PM
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| I had the hottest girlfriend at the MSD Nats Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hecho en Tejas
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its just a lexan body, i think. and you could make a cool 2wd sand buggy type chassis, and throw some paddles and the mohawk lookin front tires on it. it would be pretty cool.
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09-08-2007, 05:49 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: LBC
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I've got a couple of those (I've got a couple of anything volkswagen related) and they would be a horrible base for a crawler. You'd be better off just using the body and dropping it on a different chassis.
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09-08-2007, 05:51 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Pacific Ocean
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The kit he is looking at is a full kit, not just a lexan body. It is a on road car though
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09-09-2007, 12:30 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Warner Robins
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Your talking about building something like this:     Quote:
I thought I was the only bug nut here. Last edited by BrockGrimes; 09-09-2007 at 12:33 PM. | |
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09-10-2007, 10:21 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: LBC
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I've got a problem :-( haha. My girl doesn't care how much VW crap I collect as long as I don't try to decorate the house with it. It stays in the garage. haha Here's a few of my toys, about 2/3 of them are still in boxes from the recent move.  Here's my 67, it's now bagged though and the plate relocated to the stock location:  A couple of my RCs that are VW based. The 67 (same car mentioned in the 1st post here) is being painted to match my real 67. I've got one of the original release 67's too!  I did this as a joke! It's about all a stock TLT is good for.   Anyways, back on topic... The 67 kit is a horrible start for a crawler, but the body alone could be dropped onto pretty much any crawler chassis. Some trimming might be in order for tire clearance. I keep my 67's street though! | |
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09-11-2007, 08:45 AM
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I allways Loved VWs.I had a 70 I made into a Baja back in High school.This Is Based on it ,3.3 Powered Custom Chassis.Almost all my RCs Have Bug Bodys More Pics to Come.    Video http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...uff2007070.flv Last edited by Bigbadwhitey; 09-11-2007 at 08:54 AM. |
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09-11-2007, 09:11 AM
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these are too cool! BBW I think I've seen yours before, on Tamiyaclub maybe? It's the only nitro Bug I see anymore! Loving the twin pipes! Here's one I'm working on form time to time...  |
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09-11-2007, 03:06 PM
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what i mean is kinda like BigBadWhitneys V Dub that scale 1.9 rock climber......well like a bruser kinda and nice colection Shutupanddrive mostly made up of VW Samba Busses and Beetles, but i do see 2 VW Bus pickups(1 single cab, the other one is a "crew cab") and a Swiminvagen (however its spelled) Last edited by Klowd 13; 09-11-2007 at 03:21 PM. |
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09-12-2007, 11:54 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kennewick
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That looks like a great body for some class 11 love!
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09-14-2007, 12:35 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: quarryville
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ive been kinda plotting and or thinking about the possablitiy of a say... 1:1 version of a 2.2 bug bodied comp crawler.. bassically make a vw bug with cut fenders 4 link and dana 44s i think itd be kinda cool.. |
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09-14-2007, 01:05 PM
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09-14-2007, 11:55 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: tx
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wow more than one vdub nut on one site. Me and a few friends show our New Beetle's I am wanting to get an air cooled to play with but for now I am stuck with the 55mpg TDI We are going to a show in Dallas TX next month.
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09-14-2007, 11:59 PM
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09-15-2007, 05:34 PM
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The micro body I pirated from a Tamiya "Monster Beetle Junior" kit. It takes some trimming to get it to clear the tranny but is a pretty good fit! It's just held on with velcro. Again, I put that body on there before they released the actual "Micro Baja" version. Thats an older pic, those cars have all been further modded and stuff. I've got a couple of the Mini Z's as well! A black GTI and one of the Monster Bajas that just came out. I had to get the GTI to match my daily driver!  | |
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09-15-2007, 06:30 PM
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hmmmmmm i think this is a pretty good idea bordum+me=this  hmmmm got scrunched in the middle |
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09-16-2007, 12:55 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: santa monica
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sorry to go off topic, but this one reminded me of my old '66. About the same color, except I had the taillights and antenna frenched into the bodywork...and a black stinger sticking out the back. Quote:
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09-21-2007, 11:31 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: tx
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Here is my show car. Along with some of my VW stuff.     |
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09-21-2007, 08:00 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandan
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lets try to put this thread back on track anyway IF anyone looked at the pic i put up, is it a good idea? |
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